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- spargett, on 12/12/2007, -9/+44$150 for that? No thanks. I'd rather reach a foot past the phone and just move the slider myself.
Besides, I could spend the $150 on coke for all the bitches hanging out while we're tracking. Thats money well spent. - inactive, on 12/12/2007, -2/+25I'd rather see it to connected to one of those home automation systems where you can adjust the thermostat, control the lights, etc.
- inactive, on 12/12/2007, -0/+21There is going to be some killer remote controls in the future if they adopt this technology.
- burstaneurysm, on 12/12/2007, -0/+18That is very, very cool.
- PATSCRU, on 12/12/2007, -2/+18I'm a cubase/nuendo user and have been for about 10 years and I work professionally on major label products out here in LA. There is a sizable community of cubase/nuendo users in the professional audio world, and we have no problem with protools users, and often have to migrate files back and forth between programs. Every program has its strengths and weaknesses, and i guess that every thread on the internet has a resident douche troll.
- pak314, on 12/12/2007, -1/+15For $150 can't you buy one of those specialty controllers? Something with real tactile knobs and buttons?
- inactive, on 12/12/2007, -3/+10RTFA. Not every musician sits in front of their PC / Mixer when recording.
- autoy, on 12/12/2007, -0/+6I agree on the price comments but keep in mind that "pro" musicians pay 5 times that for a deeser plugin and such. 150 $ is pocket change for them.
On the other hand I'm shure someone can come up with a Mackie Control universal controller for any other audio workstation like Cubase or Logic. The midi controller for the rest of us, heh. - KSUdesigner, on 12/12/2007, -0/+6Yeah, and those are upwards of $3,000.
- skinrock, on 12/12/2007, -1/+6I'm not discouraged by the $150 tag, because it seems pretty useful for its target audience. I'm just impressed to see something like this before the SDK is even out. Kudos to the developer.
- mikedaul, on 12/12/2007, -0/+5This is cool, but for $200 you could get a dedicated piece of hardware from Fronteir Designs to run your daw via wireless in real time:
Transport:
http://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/TranzPort
Alpha Track:
http://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/AlphaTrack - slightlyoffbeat, on 12/12/2007, -0/+5That is awesome...and I'm not sure why.
- joshpar, on 12/12/2007, -0/+4come on... the Lemur kicks ass.
- Billistic, on 12/12/2007, -2/+6You're the reason why the world sucks.
- slightlyoffbeat, on 12/12/2007, -1/+5never underestimate the allure of a 'cool' gadget to real engineers
- Raytown, on 12/12/2007, -0/+4LOL You've got to be kidding me. Cubase is a sequencer. Pro Tools is an Audio Suite, more people in the professional recording world use Pro Tools and it is practically a standard.
I also used to use Cubase and Nuendo when I first started recording but its seriously is lacking in the editing department.
I'm what you call an "Organic" musician I "overdub" the songs I write one track at a time. The music I write ranges from Country to Hip-Hop. Since I have my own studio and know how to play a wide variety of instruments in a wide variety of styles Pro tools allows me the flexibility to compose, perform, record, and produce in any situation. And just to let you know you can save your song at any time as a .pst (Pro Tools Session) file and even have a centralized FTP server that you can access your project from and gives everybody else in the production chain the ability to edit the session at any time. - PATSCRU, on 12/12/2007, -1/+4yes, yes you can. Stuff by m-audio and behringer, used by daft punk no less will run you even less than that.
- apolloandi, on 12/12/2007, -0/+3i use reason 4 and cubase together all the time. with all my refills and other vsts i dont think theres a single sound i cant make
- aelias, on 12/12/2007, -0/+3It's about flexibility. Give one to each guy/girl in the band, with a different sub mix for each one. "Here you go, you want more you? Turn yourself up."
Much easier than running all those aux splits with headphone send/mix consoles. If wireless headphones were actually viable, it would be the perfect combo. - stizz, on 12/12/2007, -0/+3Not in America. However I saw Billy Corgan in Los Angeles last year and his live show was all midi from an iMac running Reason 3. Before the show began, a stage hand came out and loaded 9 or so different reason files. His drummer had a midi kit and even though there were others up on stage it was practically a one man show.
I just got my hands on Reason 4, it plays really nice my Pro Tools 7.3 - tylermoyn, on 12/12/2007, -1/+4Fully Realizes? All you do is move a slider up and down... I think the only thing so far to "fully realize" the touch screen is the pinch technique used in photos or Google Maps...
- drmobutu, on 12/12/2007, -0/+3It's a little early to say "ever". More like "so far"...
- bakefy, on 12/12/2007, -0/+3*****, I cut lines with my iPhone, thats a killer app. (no pun intended)
- bbmcg10, on 12/12/2007, -1/+4Its actually really useful because the engineer can be onstage mixing monitors and patching without having to constantly run back to the board...its usually done with laptops. Man I'd love to have this...
- DigitAl56K, on 12/12/2007, -0/+3The iPhone is totally unsuitable for this. You can't even move more than two sliders independently at the same time.
This is only $200 and has 8 sliders and 8 continuous rotaries plus midi through:
http://www.zzounds.com/item--BEHBCF2000 - stalefries, on 12/12/2007, -1/+4Plus, touchscreen devices are a great way to make an input device, without having to replace a keyboard.
- mserna23, on 12/12/2007, -0/+2That's cool. But too bad Pro Tools doesn't work with Leopard yet ...
http://digidesign.com/index.cfm?navid=48&itemid=28 ...
I'm waiting for Digidesign to release a patch for Leopard. - clickmyface, on 12/12/2007, -1/+3coolest iphone app ever? One that is fairly novel and applies only to those who use protools? No.
- theHealingTree, on 12/12/2007, -1/+3As an avid protools user, ive gotta say, this actually makes me want to by an iphone.
- autoy, on 12/12/2007, -0/+2Quoting the developer:
"Also planned is the ability to hit two faders at the same time but this will be the limit. My software should work fine with Logic or any other app that supports the Mackie HUI protocol. I do plan to support all these DAWs after the initial release (and make the remote look like the app) and eventually will allow other developers to add support for their favorite DAWs too."
So, good news, it uses Mackie Universal. This is going to be awsome. - Tyr7BE, on 12/12/2007, -0/+2"it shows that having this kind of power in such a tiny package could solve the problems of many users."
What's been stopping them from making this for every other phone out there in the last 3 years? The iPhone specs aren't fantastic, and you could do up just as good an interface minus the touch screen in Java. I remember seeing a bunch of projects for people to do things like control their computer using their Blackberry through bluetooth. I also once saw a guy rig up his house so he could switch his lights on and off using a blackberry app. So what's the big deal about this app? - toothpot, on 12/12/2007, -0/+2Guess there aren't many "cool" apps. Only show-offs need iphones.
- gorytunes, on 12/12/2007, -4/+6they need to make this for cubase users as well
- amoo3, on 12/12/2007, -1/+3Looks like a specialized VNC client that works with only 1 application at a a little bit faster speeds. Nothing new here (Unless of course im missing something)
- MortalynFlux, on 12/12/2007, -3/+5Cubase has native VST functionality. This allows you to save all your tracks as one project, tracks which you can then modify as you build your mix. Pro-tools does not. End of story.
- joshpar, on 12/12/2007, -0/+2And Ardour should work also!
- hiphoc, on 12/12/2007, -6/+8No one cares about cubase users.
- sirbeta, on 12/12/2007, -0/+2And where would you be taking your Pro Tools controller? Unless you're implying that artists use/want to use Pro tools in the coffee shop or some other place, far away from their actual equipment, the tablet would be quite functional in a sense you can move around with great ease through the studio and still have complete control over pro tools.
- diggymow, on 12/12/2007, -0/+2$150 Has to be a typo he won't sell a single copy. I use Pro Tools LE all the time for recording and yeah it would be useful.... maybe $15 useful... maybe.
- aelias, on 12/12/2007, -1/+3A high end remote surface can reach 20 times that amount. This is under 500, all in with software purchase, and it's ***** cooler and more useful in a small studio than everything that has come before it. I want to wait for the bigger one, but this may be too useful to pass up. Amazing.
- jconsi, on 12/12/2007, -0/+2Nice app... no way is it worth $150. You could buy a more robust MIDI controller for that, with motorized faders. This app is more expensive than LEOPARD! Appreciate your effort, but not that much.
- apolloandi, on 12/12/2007, -0/+2youre right, cubase sucks, you cant even record track at a time or save your scheduled backup to ftp. and who makes vsts anyways? oh wait...
- buddhistMonkey, on 12/12/2007, -0/+2The FaderPort is cool, no doubt about it. I've got nothing bad to say about it. On the iPhone, though, you can control banks of 4 or 8 sliders at a time (depending on orientation), and switch slider banks with a flick of the finger.
- DigitAl56K, on 12/12/2007, -3/+5No self-respecting musician is going to be caught dead using an iPhone to do that.
- jeffchuck, on 12/12/2007, -0/+2"I'm shure"
Been thinking too much about audio companies? - neodorian, on 12/12/2007, -0/+2It would be funnier if he was an avid FinalCut user.
- DigitAl56K, on 12/12/2007, -0/+2$199:
http://www.zzounds.com/item--BEHBCF2000
$150 is *not* cheap for an interface that's not designed for the task in question, try moving more than two sliders at the same time on an iPhone = fail. - dsteinwedel, on 12/12/2007, -0/+2If you want a touchscreen controller for your DAW these guys are light years ahead of the iPhone chap.
http://www.jazzmutant.com/
Unfortunately it's not supported by Digi. But for those of you using just about anything else, have at it. - inactive, on 12/12/2007, -0/+2People who use Pro Tools won't be able to use this, unless the article is wrong.
The article only mentions Pro Tools *LE*, which can probably be got for about £150 with the crappy Mbox Micro (I don't know prices and I can't be bothered to check.) Why anyone would pay *anything* for a piece of software like PT with such enormously limited editing facilities I don't know, but there it is. - GliTCH82, on 12/12/2007, -0/+1Curious, what do you think of Reason? 4.0 just came out. Are there a lot of people using that professionally?
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